In a first for Arkansas, the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma have entered into a cross-deputization agreement designed to strengthen public safety and expand ...

FORT SMITH — The Fort Smith Police Department and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma have signed a cross-deputization agreement, marking the first tribal law enforcement agreement in the state of Arkansas ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/FOX24) — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Fort Smith Police Department signed a cross-deputization agreement Sept. 5. The partnership is the first-ever tribal law ...

MCALESTER, Okla. — Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton delivered the first official land acknowledgement by the City of McAlester during a city council meeting on Tuesday. The acknowledgement ...

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton presented the first official tribal land acknowledgment in the City of McAlester during Tuesday’s council meeting. The acknowledgment honors the Indigenous ...